25 Free Online Tools Everyone Should Be Using

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Goodrx. If you haven't seen the depressing commercials, this is an app that gives you discounts on prescription medications. My dog has epilepsy and I save about $200 a month on his pills. -u/howboutcheesenuts

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Z-Library has PDF copies of almost every publication ever, including books, magazines, textbooks, and science journals. I use it for PDF copies of books I already own, it does nothing but free up space. -u/OccAzzO

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haveibeenpwned.com is a website that checks through a database of breaches to see if any account associated with your email has been compromised. -u/hulk6418

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Any students stuck on paywalls to see studies? Here's a way to get around a lot of them: Sci-Hub: removing barriers in the way of science -u/langdonsnare

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Audacity -A powerful audio editor, ideal for music and podcasts.

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Bit Warden -Open-source password management service.

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VLC media player -open-source portable cross-platform media player software and streaming media server

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Blender - Free and open source 3D creation suite.

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SlidesGo -Free Google Slides and PowerPoint templates.

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DaVinci Resolve -Color correction and non-linear video editing application.

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Switch -Convert and encode sound files quickly. -u/Rise_anyways

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The Freecycle Network: a free to sign-up/nonprofit website that helps people give away free stuff that they don't need to people who need it in their local town/neighborhood. Their goal is to promote re-use of goods that would otherwise go into landfills. -u/2020Chapter

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Libby is an app you can use to borrow audiobooks and ebooks for free as long as you have a library card (also free). -u/yaz_bullethead

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oldgamesdownload.com/ Free old computer games. -u/dns7950

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vstplanet.com and vst4free.com if you want to get loads of awesome Virtual Studio Technology instruments and effects. Also has lots of other downloads for freeware Digital Audio Workstations, Trackers, Editors, and other tools.

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Here's the link for Oracle VM Virtualbox: virtualbox.org - It might seem intimidating at first but it is pretty easy to set up. -u/JDaCapo

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Tunefind - look up music from tv shows, divided by episodes. -u/goblinkate

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Wolfram Alpha. They have a lot of cool tools for math, science and even things like nutrition. -u/2020redditor

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Wordhippo! It is, hands down, the best online thesaurus ever. You can search synonyms and antonyms, and it includes slang, explicit language, and multi-word phrases, all of which are typically excluded in other thesauruses I've used. -u/larkfeather1233

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Tubi TV. It has a ton of movies. Not exactly box office hits but its got movies and they change every month. Ive watched movies like Fury and Airplane! on there. Best part is you can get it in phone laptop, and Ps4 as far as i know of. 100% free, 100% recommend. -u/EpicBurnout64

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Turbotaxsucksass.com It’s created by Hasan Minhaj with a list of websites to file free taxes with direct links instead of misleading users to paying. -u/kkhlee

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EdX Its completely free online courses (usually 2-6 weeks per course) taught by professors from top notch universities from all over the world (Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Oxford). It's just like taking classes from a university (with assignments, lectures to watch, etc.) and the courses are varied and interesting. -u/oh2Shea

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Khan academy. It's free, free knowledge! -u/Voyager081291

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My 90s TV This is more of a novelty website to kill some time, but I think it's pretty cool and you can easily lose yourself for hours with nostalgia. It basically uses YouTube videos to simulate watching TV in 90s and you can specify what year you want and what categories you want to see when you change channels. -u/-eDgAR-

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expresso-app.org Expresso is a little tool to edit texts and improve your writing style. It will teach you to express yourself through writing more efficiently and help make your texts more readable, precise, and engaging.